Hilt (disambiguation)

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Hilt may refer to one of the following:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kalis</span> Sword

A kalis is a type of double-edged Philippine sword, often with a "wavy" section. The kalis has a double-edged blade, which is commonly straight from the tip but wavy near the handle. Kalis with fully straight or fully wavy blades also exist. It is similar to the Javanese keris, but differs in that the kalis is a sword, not a dagger. It is much larger than the keris and has a straight or slightly curved hilt, making it primarily a heavy slashing weapon.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bichuwa</span> Dagger

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gunong</span>

The gunong is a knife from Mindanao and the Visayas islands of the Philippines. In ancient past, it was called bunong by the Tagalog people. It is essentially a diminutive form of the larger kalis or kris. The gunong serves both as a utility knife and as a thrusting weapon used for close quarter fighting—usually as a last defense. It is most often associated with the Maranao, among whom the gunong was traditionally carried by both sexes, although it exists in other cultures throughout Mindanao and the Visayas. The weapon is generally tucked into the back of a waist sash.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claymore</span> Two-handed sword

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basket-hilted sword</span> Sword with basket-like hand protection

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Hilt Cirque is the west-most cirque of The Fortress in the Cruzen Range of Victoria Land. The cirque is 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km) wide and lies east of Salyer Ledge. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2005 after Lieutenant (jg) J.W. Hilt, U.S. Navy, pilot of the VX-6 Otter aircraft that obtained low-elevation oblique aerial photographs of Saint Johns Range, Willett Range and Cruzen Range on November 20, 1959.